Two people have been taken to hospital with critical injuries after a car crashed into a power pole in Auckland this morning.
Police said they were notified at 5.35am about the incident on Gilbert Rd in Ōtara.
St John attended the scene with two ambulances and a First Response Unit.
Traffic management is in place.
"It looks like traffic is being diverted at the intersections of Gilbert Road and Lappington Road, and Gilbert Road and Franich Street," a police spokesperson said.